Datia, July 18 -- Senior BJP leader and former Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra on Saturday exuded confidence over the party's prospects in the upcoming Datia Assembly by-election, claiming that the ruling BJP would register a comfortable victory.

Speaking to reporters, Mishra said the preparations for the Datia bypoll were progressing well, and they would win the seat with around 20,000 votes.

"Preparations are going well. Those who wanted to join the BJP have already done so. The BJP has not sent invitations asking anyone to join... BJP will win with around 20,000 votes here," Mishra said.

Meanwhile, Congress leader Abdhesh Nayak, who left the BJP and joined the Congress ahead of the 2023 Assembly poll, claimed that the C...